Quite Contrary

The other day Amanda's buddy, Max, came over to play.  His mom needed to work and didn't have anybody to watch him and I was more than happy to have him keep Amanda company.  Amanda and Max LOVE each other.  If you can have a BFF at the age of two, then this is it.  Any time they are near our house Max asks his mom if they can go to "Manda's house" and he gets so excited to see her when we pick the kids up from school.  Amanda is just as excited to see Max and give him big hugs.

They have never had an issue playing with each other, so I assumed the couple of hours he was going to be at our house would be a breeze.  Boy, was I wrong.  I think they were both a little off, or just both feeling especially two, because they fought the entire time.

At points it was almost comical.  It was MINE this and MINE that, coming from both of them.  At one point they were rolling on the floor hitting each other fighting over a Little People train.  It was unbelievable.  I finally put on Sesame Street, thinking they would both just veg in front of the tv and calm down.  Wrong again.

When Elmo came on the screen Amanda said, "My Elmo."  Not to be outdone Max retorted with, "No, my Elmo."  It went back and forth.  I told them that he was both of theirs, that Elmo was for everyone, but they didn't really care what I had to say.

Then Max came over to sit next to me on the couch and Amanda said, "My Mommy."  Of course Max responded with, "No, my Mommy."  At that point, I gave up.  I decided to leave the room and let them figure it out.  I couldn't stand it anymore.

I know all two-year-olds go through this and it doesn't really bug me, it was just kind of crazy.  I was really surprised to see them behave this way since they are around each other all the time and have never had an issue.  I will say when Max's mom, Larisa, came to pick him up for some reason it got a little better.  It might have been because she told him if he didn't behave she was going to take him home.  Maybe she just has a calming presence.

Whatever the reason, I'm just glad it ended on a happy note.  Since their brothers are best friends and their sisters are best friends, they are going to be around each other for many years to come.